AuthorTopic: Icons missing in Fox package (Read 3449 times)

I installed the Fox toolkit into VL 7.0 Light. There are icons in the package for the Adie text editor and Fox Calculator. However, there are no icons for Shutterbug (the VL 6.0 package had one) and PathFinder. Whoever is maintaining this package nowadays may want to spin a new one with the icons added back in.

I have noticed some differences between DE's in how they interpret the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. This is especially true for programs which have not been updated recently. Introducing several different desktop environments with Light probably opened a can of worms.

The probem is DE independent so, at least in this case, that isn't an issue. The problem is an error in the .desktop file. I corrected it on my system. You may want to respin the package with an updated .desktop file. I changed two things: I gave the full path to the binary and I removed the InitialRequest = 3 line.

[Desktop Entry]Type=ApplicationExec=/usr/sbin/shutterbugIcon=fox-shutterbug.pngName=ShutterbugTerminal=0Categories=Application;Graphics;X-KDE-SubstituteUID=falseX-KDE-Username=Hopefully stretchedthin will have time to respin the package with the corrected file.

@Caitlyn, Ahh, your using lxde. OK, tested it on Light this time in the LXDE environment. There I can confirm that Shutterbug does not show. I will respin as you say and upload.

@MOE-lnx, Buildbot sounds great. I'd like to make a video of how I do this now. I'm sure buildbot will be better, but I'm not working as hard as you think I am. It will serve a double purpose as I had pm'd to Caitlyn that I would like to share some tools with her. Don't get me wrong the buildbot is destined to become part of vl's packaging future. I would like see what happens with my tools if developed further, however.

I'm working on the video, now.Caitlyn in the meantime, check out this video on using a chrootjail. Links to get you started are there as well. Thanks again to uelsk8's for the scripts.If you are already a familiar with using a chrootjail for packaging, then I apologize, but I think it is new. Knowing it will make the next video make more sense.